School of Nursing & Midwifery, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
School of Nursing & Midwifery and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, and Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
J Clin Nurs. 2018 Oct;27(19-20):3472-3481. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14549. Epub 2018 Jul 26.
To investigate the health literacy of the baby boomer generation and what this means for nursing care.
Nurses are encouraged to tailor information and education to the individual's level of understanding or health literacy but there may be generational differences in health literacy due to historical, social, and economic contexts. The baby boomer generation, people born between 1946 and 1966, are projected to be high users of health services as they age, therefore nurses' understanding of their health literacy characteristics is important.
Integrative literature review.
Database and manual searching for articles occurred in July 2017. Four articles met the criteria. Data were extracted and tabulated, and methodological-quality was assessed.
Three categories of relevance emerged from the analysis of study findings: social demographics may predict health literacy, navigation of the health care system is challenging with low health literacy, and mechanisms to translate information into action remain unclear.
Although there is limited evidence to guide practice in regard to health literacy for the baby boomer generation, the emergence of the internet may confound nursing assessment of literacy: people from the baby boomer generation may appear to have higher literacy than they actually possess.
Sociodemographic information may be used for initial screening for health literacy. Creative questions are recommended to overcome possible stigma associated with individual awareness of low literacy. The mechanisms for translating information into action require further investigation.
调查婴儿潮一代的健康素养，以及这对护理意味着什么。
鼓励护士根据个人的理解或健康素养水平来调整信息和教育，但由于历史、社会和经济背景的不同，健康素养可能存在代际差异。婴儿潮一代是指 1946 年至 1966 年出生的人，预计随着年龄的增长，他们将成为医疗服务的高使用者，因此护士了解他们的健康素养特征非常重要。
综合文献回顾。
2017 年 7 月对数据库和手动搜索的文章进行了搜索。有四篇文章符合标准。提取并列表数据，并评估方法学质量。
从研究结果的分析中出现了三个相关类别：社会人口统计学可能预测健康素养，低健康素养使医疗保健系统的导航具有挑战性，以及将信息转化为行动的机制仍不清楚。
尽管关于婴儿潮一代健康素养的实践指导证据有限，但互联网的出现可能会混淆护理对读写能力的评估：婴儿潮一代的人可能看起来比实际拥有更高的读写能力。
社会人口统计学信息可用于健康素养的初步筛选。建议使用创造性的问题来克服与个人低读写能力意识相关的可能耻辱感。将信息转化为行动的机制需要进一步调查。
